She was a graduate of Carter Riverside High School. Jean worked for Vought Corp. for 38 years where she was an Aviation Electrician, working on such planes as the Stealth Bomber. She settled in Alvarado in 1976. After retirement she worked at the Alvarado Nursing Home. She was a free spirit who touched everyone she met with her "show me" attitude.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Stella Hunter; brothers, Weldon Hunter and Charles Hunter; sisters, Frances Blevins and Betty Sims.